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Willard
Willard may refer to: People * Willard (name) Geography Places in the United States * Willard, Colorado * Willard, Georgia * Willard, Kansas * Willard, Kentucky * Willard, Michigan, a small unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Bay County, Michigan * Willard, Missouri * Willard, New Mexico * Willard, New York * Willard, North Carolina * Willard, Ohio * Willard, Utah * Willard Bay, Utah, a reservoir * South Willard, Utah * Willard, Virginia * Willard, Washington * Willard, Rusk County, Wisconsin, a town * Willard, Clark County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Willards, Maryland Places other than settlements * The Willard InterContinental Washington, a historic hotel in Washington, DC * Willard House (other), several houses * Willard Residential College, a Northwestern University residential hall * J. Willard Marriott Library, at the University of Utah * University of Illinois Willard Airport * Willard Drug Treatment Center, a specialized st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard, Kansas
Willard is a city in Shawnee and Wabaunsee counties in the State of Kansas in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 74. History Before 1883, Willard was a tiny community but when the Rock Island Railroad laid tracks through it, Willard became a typical railroad town. In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a main line from Topeka through Willard to Herington. The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway was foreclosed in 1891 and taken over by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, which shut down in 1980 and reorganized as Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad, merged in 1988 with Missouri Pacific Railroad, merged in 1997 with Union Pacific Railroad. Most locals still refer to this railroad as the "Rock Island". In the early 1920s, Willard boasted a population of over 300 and was a major cattle shipping point for this region. During the 1930s Great Depression many businesses closed, the railroad became less important. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard (2003 Film)
''Willard'' is a 2003 American psychological horror film co-written and directed by Glen Morgan and starring Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey and Laura Elena Harring. It is loosely based on the novel ''Ratman's Notebooks'' by Stephen Gilbert, as well as on the novel's first film adaptation, '' Willard'' (1971), and its sequel, ''Ben'' (1972). It was not billed as a remake by the producers, who chose instead to present it as a reworking of the themes from the original with a stronger focus on suspense. Plot Social misfit Willard Stiles, who cares for his ill and fragile but verbally abusive mother Henrietta in a musty old mansion, is constantly humiliated and mercilessly taunted in front of his co-workers by his vicious and cruel boss, Frank Martin, who took over the Stiles family company after Willard's father Alfred committed suicide in 1995. After discovering and failing to exterminate a growing rat colony in the basement, Willard befriends and quickly becomes obsessed with a whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard, Missouri
Willard is a city in Greene County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 6,344. It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The City of Willard was founded in 1884 and incorporated in 1949. Willard's main east–west road, U.S. 160, is known as ''Olympian Boulevard'' because two graduates of Willard High School have participated in the Olympics. Although the town remains relatively small in size, the city of Willard has undergone considerable growth in recent years and still continues to grow. Geography Willard is located at (37.294429, -93.423218). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 5,288 people, 1,901 households, and 1,455 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 2,038 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 96.4% White, 0.9% A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard, New Mexico
Willard is a village in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 253 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village is not experiencing the same extreme growth that towns farther north in the state are. A wind farm has recently been constructed upon the mesa just south of the town. It provides power for about 25,000 homes in Arizona. Geography Willard is located at (34.596497, -106.033108). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 240 people, 96 households, and 60 families residing in the village. The population density was 310.5 people per square mile (120.3/km). There were 115 housing units at an average density of 148.8 per square mile (57.7/km). The racial makeup of the village was 50.42% White, 0.83% African American, 1.25% Native American, 45.83% from other races, and 1.67% from two or more races. Hispanic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard Drug Treatment Center
Willard Drug Treatment Campus was a specialized state prison in Seneca County, New York, United States. The prison focuses on treatment of drug-addicted convicts. Willard Drug Treatment Campus is located in Willard, a community in the Town of Romulus, and is adjacent to Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes Region. Willard is a 900-bed intensive "boot-camp" style drug treatment campus for men and women. This voluntary 97-day treatment program provides a sentencing option for individuals convicted of a drug offense and parole violators who otherwise would have been returned to a state prison in most cases for a year or more. The facility is operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in conjunction with the Division of Parole and is licensed by the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS). History The drug treatment campus was opened in 1995 on the site of the former Willard Psychiatric State Hospital, a facility for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard (name)
The name Willard may refer to: People Surname * Aaron Willard (born 1757), Boston industrialist * Adam Willard, (born 1973), drummer * Aimee Willard (1974–1996), murder victim * Alexander Hamilton Willard (1778–1865), member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition * Alice Willard (1860-1936), American journalist and businesswoman * Archibald Willard (1836–1918), American painter * Ashbel P. Willard (1820–1860), American politician, governor of Indiana * Barbara Willard (1909–1994), British author * Beatrice Willard (1925–2003), American botanist * Charity Cannon Willard (1914–2005), American scholar and author * Charles W. Willard (1827–1880), American politician from Vermont * Clarence E. Willard (1882-1962), American vaudeville performer * Cyrus Field Willard (1858–1942), American journalist, political activist, theosophist, and freemason * Dallas Willard (1935–2013), American philosopher and author * Dan Willard, American computer scientist and logician * Daniel Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard Park (Cleveland Park)
Willard Park is a public park in downtown Cleveland, in the U.S. state of Ohio. The park sits at the northwest corner of East 9th Street and Lakeside Avenue, adjacent to Cleveland City Hall, and is within the boundaries of the Cleveland Mall historic district. It is the location of the public sculpture ''Free Stamp'', and is the home of the original Cleveland Fire Fighters Memorial. Willard park is named after Archibald Willard. A copy of Archibald's painting ''The Spirit of '76'' hangs in the Rotunda of the neighboring Cleveland City Hall. ''Free Stamp'' The ''Free Stamp'' is an outdoor sculpture located in Willard Park. Created by Claes Oldenburg and his wife Coosje van Bruggen, it has been called the "world's largest rubber stamp". The dimensions of the sculpture are by by . The sculpture depicts a rubber stamp with the word "FREE" in its stamping area. The work was commissioned by The Standard Oil Company (Ohio) in 1982 for display at its soon-to-be-constructed headquart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard House (other)
Willard House or Willard Homestead may refer to: ;in the United States (by state) * Willard House (Cottonwood, Arizona), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Arizona * Willard Homestead (Newington, Connecticut), NRHP-listed *Frances Willard House (Evanston, Illinois), a U.S. National Historic Landmark * Leroy R. Willard House, Marshalltown, Iowa, NRHP-listed * George Willard House, Jefferson, Maryland, NRHP-listed * Willard House and Clock Museum, Grafton, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed * Willard-Fisk House, Holden, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed * Willard Homestead (Harrisville, New Hampshire), NRHP-listed *Dr. Sylvester Willard Mansion, Auburn, New York, listed on the NRHP in Cayuga County, New York * Frances Willard House (Chattanooga, Tennessee), listed on the NRHP in Tennessee * Willard-Clark House, Maryville, Tennessee, listed on the NRHP in Tennessee *Emma Willard House, Middlebury, Vermont, NRHP-listed * Willard Building (Longview, Washington), listed on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard Residential College
:''This is a list of residential buildings at Northwestern University; for a list of other buildings see'' List of Northwestern University buildings This list of Northwestern University residences catalogues the on-campus housing options for the university's approximately 15,000 undergraduate and graduate students on the Evanston, Illinois campus. Residential colleges These are the residential colleges that are located on the Evanston campus. Ayers College of Commerce and Industry The Thomas G. Ayers College of Commerce and Industry (CCI) is located next to the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion and Aquatic Center (SPAC) and just off of Lake Michigan. Built in 1991, it is divided into four floors, three of which are co-ed. CCI holds an annual Business Symposium, students to discuss business-related issues with leaders in the field. Chapin Hall (Humanities Residential College) Originally built in 1901, Julia A. Chapin Hall became a women's dorm for Northwestern University in 1967. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Illinois Willard Airport
University of Illinois Willard Airport is south of Savoy in Tolono Township, Champaign County, Illinois, United States. It is owned and operated by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and is named for former University of Illinois president Arthur Cutts Willard. History The airport was dedicated on 26 October 1945. Airline flights began in 1954. The terminal building built in 1960Urbana Courier clipping file was used until the present terminal was completed in 1987. By 1969, Willard was the second-busiest airport in the state of Illinois. After the of 1978, man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Willard
''Apocalypse Now'' is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius and Michael Herr, is loosely based on the 1899 novella ''Heart of Darkness'' by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War. The film follows a river journey from South Vietnam into Cambodia undertaken by Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), who is on a secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade Special Forces officer who is accused of murder and presumed insane. The ensemble cast also features Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne and Dennis Hopper. Milius became interested in adapting ''Heart of Darkness'' for a Vietnam War setting in the late 1960s, and initially began developing the film with Coppola as producer and George Lucas as director. After Lucas became unavailable, Coppola took over directorial control, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard Decker
Willard may refer to: People * Willard (name) Geography Places in the United States * Willard, Colorado * Willard, Georgia * Willard, Kansas * Willard, Kentucky * Willard, Michigan, a small unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Bay County, Michigan * Willard, Missouri * Willard, New Mexico * Willard, New York * Willard, North Carolina * Willard, Ohio * Willard, Utah * Willard Bay, Utah, a reservoir * South Willard, Utah * Willard, Virginia * Willard, Washington * Willard, Rusk County, Wisconsin, a town * Willard, Clark County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Willards, Maryland Places other than settlements * The Willard InterContinental Washington, a historic hotel in Washington, DC * Willard House (other), several houses * Willard Residential College, a Northwestern University residential hall * J. Willard Marriott Library, at the University of Utah * University of Illinois Willard Airport * Willard Drug Treatment Center, a specialized state p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
